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DISC Analysis of Cal Poly CM Students and Industry Professionals
Get PDFThis research analyzes why type D personality, as defined by the DISC personality assessment of 123test, was by far the most common personality type in the Cal Poly Commercial Construction class of winter 2022. This is interesting, as type D is the rarest personality type, making up ~ 9% of the global population (D Style - Type D Personality, n.d.). This was investigated by collecting DISC data from other Cal Poly Construction Management students to see if winter 2022 was an outlier, or if D type prominence is indeed a Cal Poly trend. The results of this research confirm that type D is the most common personality type among Cal Poly Construction Management students. Additional DISC data gathered from construction management industry professionals, suggests that type D is also the most common DISC personality type in the construction management industry. Notably, this study also suggests that type C personality is exceedingly rare in the construction management industry
Interrogating Silences in the Postcolonial Classroom
Get PDFIn this paper I explore my experiences as visiting faculty teaching English language and Feminist Studies courses at a private university in Karachi, Pakistan. While balancing these different fields I aimed to integrate feminist pedagogies (Keating, 2007; Hooks,1994; Swarr and Nagar, 2010) and strategize with other politically aligned faculty to draw out important issues in our courses. I was faced with the challenging task of constructing syllabi attendant to the training of students in the ‘canons’ of the field and finding course content that allowed us collectively to engage with critical conversations on regional issues. Formal academic publication processes have played a role in gatekeeping and denigrating local knowledges, which has impoverished competing and diverse perspectives theorizing on Pakistan. I came to a range of solutions in response: assigning editorials and magazine articles that were not ‘academic’ but represented critical regional perspectives, assigning stories and narratives of marginalized experiences of class, caste, ethnicity, religion etc., familiarizing students with ongoing resistance movements to name a few. My paper expands on these strategies and how I navigate decolonial and feminist perspectives for the Pakistani classroom
Technology Update Recommendations for Construction Management Classrooms
Get PDFThis paper outlines the process of creating the design for technology updates to a classroom with outdated and unreliable equipment. Key features of the design include updates to the classroom’s audio and visual display systems, improved connection accessibility for presenters using personal devices, the implementation of modern recording technology to assist with virtual teaching methods, and better support for students using personal technology as their primary note-taking and working mediums. The completed elements of the project include input gathered from students, faculty, and professionals on suggestions for the design, equipment selection and justification, preliminary coordination efforts with project contractors, and recommendations for the implementation of a similar project in additional classrooms. While logistical issues prevented the timely installation of the selected technology in the originally intended classroom, the findings and recommendations outlined in this paper can serve as the foundation for the completion of the original classroom project as well as similar future projects